Color
#181daa
#181daargb(24, 29, 170)hsl(238, 75%, 38%)oklch(0.363 0.212 268.2)Colors that go with #181daa
Charcoal, Crimson and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #181daa: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #181daa — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pepsi's brand system and Pfizer's brand system put Blue beside #181daa, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #181daa: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Peacock's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #181daa: 5 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #181daa, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #181daa in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and Intercom's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #181daa in 9 real palettes, including Nivea's brand system and Discord's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #181daa
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #181daa as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 11.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.8:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #181daa as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#181daa reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #181daa and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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